We live in an age of miracles, but not of the religious variety. The wonders of the modern age are technological, an ever refined harnessing of material and
When finishing the first book of a trilogy, the urge to immediately pick up the next instalment is usually a good thing, but unfortunately, when reading the novels
I must confess, my knowledge of the Norse pantheon of Gods doesn’t stretch much beyond the basics. A smattering of knowledge picked up doing a primary 5 (that’s
Is it only a fellow writer who, when reading a great novel, speculates how much was conceived in a flood of inspiration at the moment of conception, and
In history and literature, there have been divided cities. Berlin, split politically; Belfast, separated by religion; Minas Tirith and Minas Ithil, beacons of light in Gondor, one of
London is not only a city unknown to outsiders, it is unknown even to residents. Superficially reminiscent of his previous novel, The City And The City, in which
